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African men readily chose Amerindian women, so their children would be free. Laws were later passed banning the miscegenation of the African and Amerindian populations for this reason. Many mulattoes became landowners and enjoyed privileges by being estate owners, often to the detriment of the natives.
Salvadoran children from Metapán Painting of the First Independence Movement celebration in San Salvador, El Salvador Salvadorans celebrating independence day parade. As is the case elsewhere in Latin America , there is no clear distinction between White and Mestizo Salvadorans, the large majority of the population have varying proportions of ...
The culture of El Salvador is a Central American culture nation influenced by the clash of ancient Mesoamerica and medieval Iberian Peninsula. Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture (Lenca people, Cacaopera people, Maya peoples, Pipil people) as well as Latin American culture (Latin America, Hispanic America, Ibero-America).
In the last decade or so, El Salvador has gone from among the most violent countries in the world to among Latin America’s safest. The country’s official homicide rate dropped from 106 per ...
From a bestselling migration memoir to an acclaimed novel of suburbia, political poetry and essays and on and on, Salvadoran writers are having a big moment. How the Salvadoran diaspora became a ...
The U.S.-born children of Salvadoran refugees or immigrants are becoming more aware of their Salvadoran roots, even at the behest of their Salvadoran born parents. [54] This is especially true during the 2009 Salvadoran presidential elections where the leftist party, FMLN had its best chance to win for the first time. These Salvadoran Americans ...
On Aug. 6 and 7, Salvadoran Americans will gather to confirm their collective identity through cultural and religious events in several U.S. cities.
In 2015, the maternal mortality ratio in El Salvador was 54 deaths/100,000 live births and the total fertility rate was 1.91 children born/woman. [ 4 ] During the 2005–2009 period, 94 percent of Salvadoran pregnant women received at least one antenatal visit, which is above the 84.1 percent average for their Human Development group.